This is an analysis of the poem Might Have Been that begins with:
“If I was a bloke as could paint,”
Bill said, “which I ain’t,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbcXbbdbdbebaX fFeffffgXhgiXhiaajejajggaaaffaaeeccbbbfF kliifkXgmgglfnnbbmcfc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,40,21,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01101111 11111 1010111 01101 00101111 101011111 001111001 101011 101101101011 101 11 111011 111 01101111 11111 101101001 11111 101 111 01011011 01011111111 11011001 01111 001011 1110 101011 11001001 101 1010010 101011001 101 001011111 0110110010 101111011 1010 001001101 1110010010 101 101 011 1011 11 111001101 10111 101111111 01111111 11011001 111011101 111111 111011011 11111111 111101 111 01101101 11111 11111101 011 101 101011011 11100001 101001011 10110101 11011011 11111 101011 101 101 101101 11001011 111 111011111 001001111 01101 101 010111101 101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 689
- Average number of words per stanza: 141
- Amount of lines: 76
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, in, or are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words or, an are repeated.
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- summary of Might Have Been;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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